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They will have to explain what they are doing. They will have to talk to God about what they have done. He is ready to judge living people and dead people.

That is why the good news was also told to those who are now dead. They will be judged like men who are alive. This was done so that they could live like God in the spirit.

It is almost the time when the world will end. So be wise and watch and talk to God.

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But they will have to give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.(A) For this is the reason the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead,(B) so that they might be judged according to human standards in regard to the body, but live according to God in regard to the spirit.

The end of all things is near.(C) Therefore be alert and of sober mind(D) so that you may pray.

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